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Israel’s 100-to-one kill ratio is going to solve nothing, and of course will only make the pain last longer and longer. That it’s largely a campaign tactic makes it even more sickening.
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It goes without saying that the new Secretary of State will be no help at all -- no politician with an eye to her future like Clinton will take the risk of trying to stop Israel’s mutilation of the West Bank or, god forbid, recognizing the basic humanity of the Palestinians. She’ll work for a Bantustan, and nothing more.
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Meanwhile, who will be filling her sensible shoes her in NY? Bloomberg’s favorite is Caroline Kennedy, a non-entity. He seems to have Paterson over the barrel on the issue, however. I was amused to learn that Kennedy’s fortune is 100 million, which surprised me until I remember that she must have gotten mommy’s Onassis fortune, but that she hasn’t personally contributed anything to the NYC school fundraising organization she figure-headed. Of course, what’s a $100 mil when Bloomberg is giving another $370 million-plus to those fuckers the Yankees. Cut schools, cut public transportation, cut health, but by all means pile it on for the Yankees. They are so deserving.